| WV | SB370 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to is to correct the court for appeals of level 3 decisions. Per SB 275 (2021), effective July 1, 2022, the Intermediate Court of Appeals is the proper appellate court for appeals of level 3 decisions issued by the Public ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 206, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | SB428 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to establish that appeals from administrative rulings by the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture concerning the Frozen Desserts and Imitation Frozen Desserts Law are to be filed with the Intermediate Court of App...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 2, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | SB548 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to amend the appellate jurisdiction of the Intermediate Court of Appeals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 76, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | SB649 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that senior status intermediate court judges and family judges are subject to the same per diem compensation limits as senior circuit court judges. This addresses a possible gap in code created after the creatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 77, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | SB837 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to authorize Public Defender Corporations until July 1, 2025 to reorganize its offices to conform the circuit reconfiguration enacted during the 2023 Regular Session of the Legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 78, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5430 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to allow newly elected or appointed circuit judges, family court judges, and magistrates to receive compensation and expenses for training sessions prior to taking the oath of office and beginning their term. Other section...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 80, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5520 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify competency proceedings for juvenile delinquency court actions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 50, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5065 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill generally relates to continuing education requirements and compensation of Guardians Ad Litem.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Referred to Finance |
| WV | HB5344 | Engross
Sine Die | clarifying when a mentally incapacitated victim may not be required to testify in open court; and providing judicial discretion to determine the appropriateness of a mentally capacitated victim to testify.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB442 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove liability for mental health professionals providing services in mental hygiene cases involving possible involuntary hospitalization.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB725 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the conditions for pretrial release and the maximum bail amount that may be set for individuals charged with multiple misdemeanor offenses. The bill revises the definition of "bail" and establishes that a defend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB797 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow testimony by one spouse regarding an offense of the other spouse against a child or grandchild.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5581 | Intro
Sine Die | Regarding continuing education requirements and compensation of Guardians Ad Litem
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5526 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a pilot program to provide legal services, advice, and representation to parents who are facing legal issues that may otherwise result in the removal of their child or children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB721 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that final orders upon a disposition hearing in child abuse and neglect proceedings be prepared and signed within 10 (ten) days of the disposition hearing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5515 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a three-year pilot program relating to West Virginia Public Guardian ad Litem Services, established initially in three circuits, and providing services initially in three circuits. Circuit based West Virginia Pub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5423 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a cognitively impaired or mentally defective person from being forced to testify in open court, and to increase the penalty for sexual assault of a mentally defective or mentally incapacitated person.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB621 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the procedure for the court to conduct written investigations into proceedings under Article 9, to ensure that the West Virginia judiciary remains neutral and detached in all matters pending before any court of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5412 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the hourly rate for private investigators working for Public Defender Services from $30 to $65.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5384 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the date for election of judges of the Intermediate Court of Appeals to the same date as the general election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5383 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to move the election of Supreme Court justices to the general election rather than the primary election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5114 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the time period of a protective order extension to one year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB267 | Intro
Sine Die | Adding grievance and appellate procedures for individuals participating in DMV safety and treatment program
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4870 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow for a one-time allocation of money into the West Virginia courthouse facilities improvement fund for the purpose of allowing counties to apply for a state match for the construction, reconstruction, repair, mainte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4858 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require a report, of the statements of charges against a judge in this state, made by Judicial Investigation Commission and the Office of Disciplinary Counsel to be sent, annually, to the Legislature's Joint Committee o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB307 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Patrolman Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act and to provide for a death penalty; the bill provides for procedures and standards applicable thereto, and automatic review of the penalty, for commission of murder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB392 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the admissibility of a victim's prior sexual history.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB360 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Substance Abuse Intervention Act. The bill provides for a short title. The bill provides for involuntary treatment for a substance use disorder and sets forth the rights of a patient. The bill establishes cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB263 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding candidates eligibility for judicial retirement
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Pensions Committee |
| WV | HB4609 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the procedure for the court to conduct written investigations into proceedings under Article 9, to ensure that the West Virginia judiciary remains neutral and detached in all matters pending before any court of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB4177 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to direct the Supreme Court of Appeals to assign appropriate judicial officers for a pilot domestic violence court in Kanawha County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4360 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that the location of a court with guardianship jurisdiction of a minor child has venue for an adoption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB4581 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the ability of family courts to order services provided by the Department of Health and Human Resources; and establish that the costs for those services remain expenses of the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4533 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a simple proceeding in family court to name a kinship legal guardianship where a person is unmarried and at least 16 years of age or older, and receives effectively no substantial care and support from his or he...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4356 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit business owners to have the ability to be excused from jury duty service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4021 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a procedure for modification of a prison sentence when a person has served at least 10 years of a sentence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4566 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the section of code limiting the jurisdiction of circuit courts to consider divorce cases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4558 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the daily rate of compensation for people serving on petit juries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB182 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit the Office of the Attorney General to hold limited prosecution power.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4384 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the practice of charging the full filing fee for every plaintiff listed in a civil action.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4386 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow for Child Protective Services expungement in certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB4589 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow magistrate assistants to assess fines on basic charges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4311 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow a party to a civil action to seek an expeditious answer to a certified question on the constitutionality of any statute, rule, or executive order from the Intermediate Court of Appeals while pending in circuit cou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4336 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a person who is proven by a preponderance in a civil action to have committed elder abuse from inheriting from the abused person.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
